Ti-ping Operations.--Chinese Apathy.--The Ti-ping Difficulty.--Popular Feeling.--Opposed to the Ti-pings.--England's Policy.--Her Motives.--Dr. Bridgman describes Ti-pingdom.--His Description of the Ti-pings.--X. Y. Z.--Ti-pingdom in 1857.--Its Internal Economy.--Lord Elgin at Nankin.--Gallant Exploit.--Its Interpretation.--Hung-jin arrives at Nankin.--Hung-jin's Adventures.--Mr. Hamberg's Narrative.--Hung-jin's Pamphlet.--Hung-jin Prime Minister.--Nankin Invested.--Resumption of Hostilities.--"Indemnity" demanded.--Conditions of Peace.--Cause of Wars with China.--England's Foreign Policy.--The Opium Wars 204
The Sz-wang's Domestic Life.--Approach to Nankin.--Interior of Nankin.--A Ti-ping Banquet.--Maou-lin, the Chung-wang's Son.--The Chung-wang's Palace.--The Chung-wang's Levee.--Ti-ping Chiefs.--Chung-wang's Appearance.--Council of War.--The Review.--Cum-ho.--The March.--The Ti-ping Army.--Its Organization.--Selection of Officers.--Equipment of the Army.--Its Formation.--The Enemy in View.--Their Retreat.--Preparations for Attack.--A Night Attack.--A Stockade carried.--Charge of Manchoo Cavalry.--The Repulse.--The Enemy retreat.--The Pursuit.--Complete Rout of the Manchoos.--Maou-lin's Bravery.--Return to Nankin 234
Prospects of the Ti-pings in 1860.--Their Operations.--Relief of Nankin.--Rout of the Imperialists.--Ti-ping Successes.--British Interference.--Ti-pings advance on Shanghae.--The Chung-wang's Address.--Mr. Bruce's Notification.--Mr. Bruce's Despatch.--The Future of China.--The Chung-wang's Despatch.--Mr. Bruce's Inconsistency.--Missionary "Holmes."--His Statement.--His Uncourteous Behaviour.--His Inconsistencies.--Suppressed Missionary Reports.--Rev. Griffith Johns' Report.--Newspaper Extracts.--The Shanghae Massacre of Ti-pings.--Newspaper Extracts.--The Author's Reflections thereon 266
Ti-ping Polygamy.--Ti-ping Women.--Their Improved Position.--Abolition of Slavery by the Ti-pings.--Its Prevalence in China.--Moral Revolution effected by Ti-pings.--Their Religious Works.--Their Conduct Justified.--Jesuit Missionaries.--Consul Harvey's Despatch.--Apathy of Missionaries.--Its Consequences.--Chinese Antipathy to Christianity.--Christianity of the Ti-pings.--Their Forms of Worship.--Ti-ping Marriages.--Religious Observances.--The Ti-ping Sabbath.--Its Observance.--Their Ecclesiastical System.--Forms of Worship.--The Mo-wang.--Ti-ping Churches 300